What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Clavicle vs Precoracoid - What's the difference?

clavicle | precoracoid |

As nouns the difference between clavicle and precoracoid

is that clavicle is the collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck while precoracoid is the anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.

clavicle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck.

    • Synonyms

    * (bone) collarbone, collar bone, collar-bone

    Related terms

    * clavicular * claviculate

    See also

    * (wikipedia "clavicle")

    precoracoid

    English

    Alternative forms

    * praecoracoid * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) The anterior part of the coracoid (often closely united with the clavicle) in the shoulder girdle of many reptiles and amphibians.
    • (Webster 1913)